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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Noemí like about Francis, as she reflects in Chapter 16?
2. What does Ruth say to Noemí at the end of Chapter 22?
3. How does Francis begin to communicate with Noemí at the end of Chapter 16?
4. What phrase does Noemí explain the origins of in Chapter 16?
5. To what does the woman give birth in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Howard appear in Chapter 19? What is Noemí forced to do?
2. What information does Noemí learn about Dr. Cummins in Chapter 21?
3. Why does Catalina ask Noemí to do as Chapter 16 begins? What does Noemí discover?
4. Describe the marriage ceremony that occurs in Chapter 24.
5. What does Virgil demand Noemí do at the start of Chapter 22? How does he threaten her into obedience?
6. What strange dream does Noemí have in Chapter 14?
7. What is Noemí’s theory regarding the origins of ghosts, as she muses in Chapter 17? How does Francis react to her theory?
8. What happens to Noemí while she is bathing in Chapter 17?
9. What does Francis want Noemí to do in Chapter 14? Why does she refuse?
10. Who appears to have written the diary entry Noemí reads in Chapter 16? What does it say, and how does Noemí react to it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay defining womanhood from the perspective of Noemí. What does it mean to be a woman, according to Noemí? How do the choices she makes reflect these values?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel, Mexican Gothic. How does the title reflect the main characters? How does the title reflect the novel’s themes and conflicts? How does the title’s meaning change over the course of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Does the end justify the means? How does the novel answer this question? How would Noemí answer this question? How would Howard? What about other characters, such as Virgil and Francis?
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